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some east pal alto residence spent their night sandbagging. in preparation of more rain. >> and we are just packing up the sand. >> reporter: sunday monday, they spilled over the levy, cutting the neighborhood between daphne way. >> and we were swarmed with so much water last night. you had to run out. >> reporter: they are several evacuees. >> how is this affecting your christmas? horrible. just horrible. and they sets back. >> reporter: he could not do any last-minute shopping, spending the night with his eight kids in his car. a block away, things are getting back to normal in that home as they were evacuated, thankful that their house was not damaged. >> it was like up this high as we were afraid that they would go in there and when we got back there was no water damage to the house. >> reporter: their next door neighbor is not so lucky. his home is off limits. deemed unsafe after water got inside and affected electrical outlets. they receded, but a major concern, are the boils and the other level i haves. for now they have engineers out h
some east pal alto residence spent their night sandbagging. in preparation of more rain. >> and we are just packing up the sand. >> reporter: sunday monday, they spilled over the levy, cutting the neighborhood between daphne way. >> and we were swarmed with so much water last night. you had to run out. >> reporter: they are several evacuees. >> how is this affecting your christmas? horrible. just horrible. and they sets back. >> reporter: he could not do any...
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are filling up on sandbags? >> keep the hill from sliding into my neighbor's house. i got water runoff on the top of my driveway. >> creeks and rivers in the santa cruz mountains are running high they are -- [ unintelligible ] be careful if you are heading out for mountain recreation, creeks are faster than before the storms. >>> 53-year-old bill foster was buried in avalanche near lake tahoe the avalanche was intentionally set but break higher and wider on the slope than expected. foster was uncovered within eight minutes but he died at the hospital. >> heavy snow in the sierra causing traffic problems. i-80 packed with cars yesterday. the constant snow made it slow going and unsafe without the right gear. >> very dangerous. we saw a car sliding on the side we were kind of scared. we decide odd stop and put our chains on. >> not an -- not an easy task with frozen fingers. squaw valley expects up to 20 inches of fresh powder by tonight >> i couldn't do it with fingers that are fine and if i was in the bahamas, i
are filling up on sandbags? >> keep the hill from sliding into my neighbor's house. i got water runoff on the top of my driveway. >> creeks and rivers in the santa cruz mountains are running high they are -- [ unintelligible ] be careful if you are heading out for mountain recreation, creeks are faster than before the storms. >>> 53-year-old bill foster was buried in avalanche near lake tahoe the avalanche was intentionally set but break higher and wider on the slope than...
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the sandbags were stacked. people who live around here tell me they're taking the threat of another flood very seriously. >> has been a crazy couple days. >> reporter: a crazy couple of days for people who live in this east palo alto neighborhood. creek to go over its banks. water seeped through the levee, homes were evacuated. >> we have to leave everything behind. >> reporter: christmas eve residents returned while crews with the city worked through the night on repairs. wheeling in truckloads of sandbags. by christmas day hundreds lined the levee as more rain set in. even more sandbags were seen stacked outside of homes mixed in with holiday decorations. >> how high tide is coming. >> kids wake up thinking they'll have to help their parents clean out their front yards and clean up the cars. they want to go outside and play with their gifts. >> reporter: people who live in this house were forced to spend christmas away from home. their house is unsafe because electrical outlets were affected. today they staye
the sandbags were stacked. people who live around here tell me they're taking the threat of another flood very seriously. >> has been a crazy couple days. >> reporter: a crazy couple of days for people who live in this east palo alto neighborhood. creek to go over its banks. water seeped through the levee, homes were evacuated. >> we have to leave everything behind. >> reporter: christmas eve residents returned while crews with the city worked through the night on...
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we caught up with people putting out sandbags and worried about their homes. >> i put out sandbags. about 10 minutes as soon as i can get the mud away. other than that wait until the water goes down. >> my mom is pretty scared. she is telling me she is scared. she wants to get her stuff because she his important documents and stuff. -- she has important documents and stuff. >> it closed lanes on highway 101 causing major flooding problems. now, this is another big problem happening out here tonight. if you come back to us live i want to show you some of the lights in the area are off. that is because this is a major outage in east palo alto. now, people were going to the ymca but now the ymca is a place without electricity. reporting live in east palo alto, back to you. >>> flooding nothing knew for that area. do you remember this from february of 1998? during the el nino flood storms. the rains back then turning the creek into a rage far beyond what is happening tonight and tonight is bad enough. flood warnings for napa river at napa for the second time this season. the latest it d
we caught up with people putting out sandbags and worried about their homes. >> i put out sandbags. about 10 minutes as soon as i can get the mud away. other than that wait until the water goes down. >> my mom is pretty scared. she is telling me she is scared. she wants to get her stuff because she his important documents and stuff. -- she has important documents and stuff. >> it closed lanes on highway 101 causing major flooding problems. now, this is another big problem...
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cbs 5 reporter elisa is in east palo alto where people spent the evening sandbagging their homes. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of some of those homes that had to be evacuated last night. but just yards away is that levy with crews hard at work, coming up with a temporary fix before tomorrow's rain. while most people spent christmas eve stacking presents under the tree, palo alto residents spent their night stacking sandbags, protecting their homes near a damaged levy, in preparation for more rain. sunday night, the creek spilled over the levy, flooding the neighborhood. >> we were swarmed with so much water last night that we had to run out. >> reporter: lucas brown was one of several evacuated. >> how is this affecting your christmas? >> terribly. horrible. >> reporter: he said he spent the night with his eight kids in his car. a block away, things are getting back to normal in the robinson home. they too were evacuated and are thankful their house was not damaged. >> it was like up this high. we were afraid it was going to go in there. but when we got back, there was no water
cbs 5 reporter elisa is in east palo alto where people spent the evening sandbagging their homes. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of some of those homes that had to be evacuated last night. but just yards away is that levy with crews hard at work, coming up with a temporary fix before tomorrow's rain. while most people spent christmas eve stacking presents under the tree, palo alto residents spent their night stacking sandbags, protecting their homes near a damaged levy, in preparation...
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and we put plastic and the sandbags. we built them up. we hope that it doesn't flood. >> reporter: some people who live here told me their basements flooded during the last storm, so they're also stacking sandbags in case the weather takes a turn for the worse. there are floodgates throughout downtown. tonight, though, it's really the calm before the storm. ice not raining yet but you -- it's not raining yet but you can see sandbags stacked. and a reminder of what happened back in 2005. this plaque on the door, this is how high water got in downtown back there. reporting live. >>> it was another day of weather-related delays and cancellations at bay area airports. 18 flights were cancelled earlier today. delays were as long as three and a half hours. tonight, horizon flights are running about 20, 30 minutes late. one traveler was worried he might miss christmas with his family. >> i was going to miss my connecting flight. and now i just -- i've been here for like four hours trying to figure out another way to get back to ohio to see my fa
and we put plastic and the sandbags. we built them up. we hope that it doesn't flood. >> reporter: some people who live here told me their basements flooded during the last storm, so they're also stacking sandbags in case the weather takes a turn for the worse. there are floodgates throughout downtown. tonight, though, it's really the calm before the storm. ice not raining yet but you -- it's not raining yet but you can see sandbags stacked. and a reminder of what happened back in 2005....
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some businesses had their sandbags prepped. and sandbags were at apartments. water barely squeezed under the roadway but flowed over earlier in the day. up the river, will brown and his sons assess water levels from a neighborhood bridge and notice debris being rushed down the river. >> looks like a lot of sticks have been coming off from the grass because the water is carrying it away. >> in pengrove, the creek jumped its banks and soaked the park. >> there was water coming in over the banks in the park area itself, and it's flooded into the park. but not too high in other areas. reporter: the wind and rain also made for challenging driving conditions. this two-car crash on the northbound 101 freeway near san rafael squeezed traffic down to two lanes while emergency crews responded. >> now, these steel plates are a temporary fix but it did allow sonoma county road crews to re-open this road an hour ago. the other crews that are still keeping busy in the north bay or power crews. pg&e reports they still have about 3800 homes that are without power at this poin
some businesses had their sandbags prepped. and sandbags were at apartments. water barely squeezed under the roadway but flowed over earlier in the day. up the river, will brown and his sons assess water levels from a neighborhood bridge and notice debris being rushed down the river. >> looks like a lot of sticks have been coming off from the grass because the water is carrying it away. >> in pengrove, the creek jumped its banks and soaked the park. >> there was water coming...
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last night crews worked placing sandbags over those leaks. creek needs to be widened and the levees strengthened to prevent future flooding. a construction project apparently begins next spring. >> south of big sur, a stretch of highway remains closed after rock slides. these are pictures from caltrans. it happened sunday afternoon. crowds are working to clear the debris and to repair a 60-foot section of the damaged road. no word yet on when it will open. officials hope to have one lane, however, open sometime later this week. the rain here is bringing plenty of snow to the sierra. weekend storm dropped five feet of storm at squaw valley. another storm raging right now could bring as much as 20 inches of snow to the mountain by wednesday morning. of course, it's good skiing and also dangers. alpine meadows a member of the ski reports patrol team that was injured in an avalanche sadly as died. it is the second death connected with avalanches that occurred just yesterday. >>> if you are flying or picking up someone from the airport. call ahead
last night crews worked placing sandbags over those leaks. creek needs to be widened and the levees strengthened to prevent future flooding. a construction project apparently begins next spring. >> south of big sur, a stretch of highway remains closed after rock slides. these are pictures from caltrans. it happened sunday afternoon. crowds are working to clear the debris and to repair a 60-foot section of the damaged road. no word yet on when it will open. officials hope to have one lane,...
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some streets had their sandbags set if the river crept higher. sandbags were on standby on "f" street, water barely squeezed under the roadway. further up the river, will brown and his sons assess water levels from a neighborhood bridge and noticed plenty of debris being rushed down the river. >> it looks like a lot of sticks have been coming off from the grass because the water is carrying it away. >> in penngrove the creek jumped its banks and soaked the community park. >> there was water coming in over the panics in the park area itself. i got into the parks but not too high in other areas. >> the wind and rain also made for challenging driving conditions. >> two-car crash on the northbound freeway near san rafael squeezed traffic down to two lanes while emergency crews responded. i'm sergio quintana, "abc 7 news". >> ama: in el sobrante the creek backed up and flood four hopes. this so apian way. the water started flowing into his house. >> in forestville a fir tree fell on a house. power was out in the area for a while. in santa rosa, northb
some streets had their sandbags set if the river crept higher. sandbags were on standby on "f" street, water barely squeezed under the roadway. further up the river, will brown and his sons assess water levels from a neighborhood bridge and noticed plenty of debris being rushed down the river. >> it looks like a lot of sticks have been coming off from the grass because the water is carrying it away. >> in penngrove the creek jumped its banks and soaked the community park....
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last night crews worked placing sandbags over those leaks. creek needs to be widened and the levees strengthened to prevent future flooding. a construction project apparently begins next spring. >> south of big sur, a stretch of highway remains closed after rock slides. these are pictures from caltrans. it happened sunday afternoon. crowds are working to clear the debris and to repair a 60-foot section of the damaged road. no word yet on when it will open. officials hope to have one lane, however, open sometime later this week. the rain here is bringing plenty of snow to the sierra. weekend storm dropped five feet of storm at squaw valley. another storm raging right now could bring as much as 20 inches of snow to the mountain by wednesday morning. of course, it's good skiing and also dangers. alpine meadows a member of the ski reports patrol team that was injured in an avalanche sadly as died. it is the second death connected with avalanches that occurred just yesterday. >>> if you are flying or picking up someone from the airport. call ahead
last night crews worked placing sandbags over those leaks. creek needs to be widened and the levees strengthened to prevent future flooding. a construction project apparently begins next spring. >> south of big sur, a stretch of highway remains closed after rock slides. these are pictures from caltrans. it happened sunday afternoon. crowds are working to clear the debris and to repair a 60-foot section of the damaged road. no word yet on when it will open. officials hope to have one lane,...
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. >> reporter: last night they stacked these sandbags to protect homes in this neighborhood. today they have stayed pretty low. people tell me that they are taking the threat of another flood very seriously. >> it has been a crazy couple of days. >> reporter: a crazy couple of days for people that live in this east palo alto neighborhood. water seeped flu the levy as homes were evacuated. >> and we had to leave everything behind. >> reporter: christmas eve residence returned while the crews with the city and the california conservation core work on the night for repair. by christmas day hundreds lined the levy as more rain set in. even more sandbags were seen stacked outside of homes mixed in with the holiday decoration. >> we knew high tide was coming. >> kids didn't wake up in the morning thinking that they would have to help their parents clean out their front yards and, you know, clean up the cars. they wanted to go outside to play with their gifts. >> reporter: the people that live in this house were forced to spend christmas away from home. their house was badly damaged
. >> reporter: last night they stacked these sandbags to protect homes in this neighborhood. today they have stayed pretty low. people tell me that they are taking the threat of another flood very seriously. >> it has been a crazy couple of days. >> reporter: a crazy couple of days for people that live in this east palo alto neighborhood. water seeped flu the levy as homes were evacuated. >> and we had to leave everything behind. >> reporter: christmas eve...
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city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70 acres of vineyards at the larson family winery. it is an area where people expect flooding in heavy rains. it is not a big problem. in fact, the flooding is a nuisance that has some benefits as well. >> for the vineyards, the good news and bad news. the good news is recharges the water supply and we get nice soil. we get the topsoil from the valley. and the bad news is there is debris in there too, so every year it cost $10,000 to $15,000 to clear the debris. >> work crews typically repair the levies once a year after the rainy season ends. >>> so often the santa cruz mountains get
city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70...
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city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70 acres of vineyards at the larson family winery. it is an area where people expect flooding in heavy rains. it is not a big problem. in fact, the flooding is a nuisance that has some benefits as well. >> for the vineyards, the good news and bad news. the good news is recharges the water supply and we get nice soil. we get the topsoil from the valley. and the bad news is there is debris in there too, so every year it cost $10,000 to $15,000 to clear the debris. >> work crews typically repair the levies once a year after the rainy season ends. >>> so often the santa cruz mountains get
city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70...
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city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70 acres of vineyards at the larson family winery. it is an area where people expect flooding in heavy rains. it is not a big problem. in fact, the flooding is a nuisance that has some benefits as well. >> for the vineyards, the good news and bad news. the good news is recharges the water supply and we get nice soil. we get the topsoil from the valley. and the bad news is there is debris in there too, so every year it cost $10,000 to $15,000 to clear the debris. >> work crews typically repair the levies once a year after the rainy season ends. >>> so often the santa cruz mountains get
city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70...
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this is one of two sandbag stations. a popular destination for many today. were no major problems on the peninsula or south bay except for power outages. some minor football fields was the worst. take a look. in atherton, workers were busy trying to drain the water from the football field. water level stood above the new turf field. one main pump had broken during the night. in san bruno, hundreds of residents lost their power during the hours. the limb of a large tree broke off. a pole cracked in half, snapping the lines. crews trying to get power back to some as quickly as they could. >> half people will get power back on. rest out for a while. >> that could take time. this is the neighborhood that seems used to power outages. that happens when strong winds whip up the hillside. >> so bad my husband and i bought a camp stove. our stove is electric. and we're used to electricity being out. we are now using our camp stove. >> yesterday, we met dennis lind. he's getting ready for the storm. he had flood problems before. >> sometimes you just can't hope. it's
this is one of two sandbag stations. a popular destination for many today. were no major problems on the peninsula or south bay except for power outages. some minor football fields was the worst. take a look. in atherton, workers were busy trying to drain the water from the football field. water level stood above the new turf field. one main pump had broken during the night. in san bruno, hundreds of residents lost their power during the hours. the limb of a large tree broke off. a pole cracked...
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. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. flashlights. just have everything ready, have your cars gassed up. others put their faith in the not complete flood project. >> i wasn't concerned. i know i've seen a lot v improvements in the nav napa river. officials say that next storm way not be as worrisome as they thought. >> in napa, don nap, cps five. >> this is the way the river looked this morning. a viewer sent us this picture before the flood was listed. because of lag time between rainful and run off, getting to the river it's still expected to swell to just below flood stage overnight. >> bad weather usually means bad news for businesses but some of the north bay were determined to keep the money coming in. we have two reports, showing the business owner's per perseverence perseverence. >> everybody was on pinning and -- pins and needles. there were a lot of people watching. >> close to 13 feed -- feet almost to flood stage. >> when we woke up this morning, we were shocked by how hard it was raining. >> business owners around here ha
. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. flashlights. just have everything ready, have your cars gassed up. others put their faith in the not complete flood project. >> i wasn't concerned. i know i've seen a lot v improvements in the nav napa river. officials say that next storm way not be as worrisome as they thought. >> in napa, don nap, cps five. >> this is the way the river looked this morning. a viewer sent us this picture before the flood was...
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a new layer of sandbags is on the levee along the creek in east palo alto. there's already been flooding from verbena to daphne way. some homes were evacuated after water seeped through a levee. >> we had to leave everything behind. >> we had a bad christmas so we're ready to move on. >> there is one home that's still vacant because water do into electrical outlets making it too dangerous to occupy. east palo alto is working to fix it including increasing the creek as capacity to carry water. >> and that rain continues this morning, right? >> elizabet? >> hi-def doppler is busy. we are not away from the wet weather yet. we have been seeing a couple of different new accidents coming in because we have these heavier cells. we are going to zoom in with our hi-def doppler and show you what's going on. you can see that yellow moving over parts of what looks like south san francisco now hayward hit with moderate rain at least. and check out areas in vallejo if you are traveling interstate 80. chp also issued a high wind advisory for the carquinez bridge right wher
a new layer of sandbags is on the levee along the creek in east palo alto. there's already been flooding from verbena to daphne way. some homes were evacuated after water seeped through a levee. >> we had to leave everything behind. >> we had a bad christmas so we're ready to move on. >> there is one home that's still vacant because water do into electrical outlets making it too dangerous to occupy. east palo alto is working to fix it including increasing the creek as capacity...
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the self-serve sandbagging has wound down for the day. at least until the next storm. although some businesses are keeping some sandbags nearby. but today they were not needed. live in napa-couldn't -- couldn't abc-7. >> leigh: the system had so much wind and barreled in and was out of near three to four hours. so that saved a lot of those streams and tributaries as well. let's take a live look from the mt. tam mall pace cam. you can see clear sky across much of the region there, from mill valley, richardson bay, even in the background there, san francisco. speaking of the winds. san pablo, 73 miles-per-hour wind gusts record ited. the golden gate bridge reported 40 miles-per-hour wind gusts, and sfo, 38 miles per hour. it was probably windier in other locations across the bay area. live doppler 7hd right now, not picking up any returns. so the storm system has moved on to the south and east of the bay area. we're actually getting a dry night tonight. it's cooling up off. 55, san francisco. low 50s, antioch, livermore, fremont. 54 right now in san jose. i want to show
the self-serve sandbagging has wound down for the day. at least until the next storm. although some businesses are keeping some sandbags nearby. but today they were not needed. live in napa-couldn't -- couldn't abc-7. >> leigh: the system had so much wind and barreled in and was out of near three to four hours. so that saved a lot of those streams and tributaries as well. let's take a live look from the mt. tam mall pace cam. you can see clear sky across much of the region there, from...
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. >>> they are sandbagging in east palo alto, crews put down sandbags and the the water seed through the levee in several neighborhoods. >> they will add sandbags and they have some boils so they will create a circle so they can control and divert it if needed amount one area shows it is expected to bring back water until the system begins next fall to rebuild the levee. >>> and a winter storm warning for the sierra goes into effect. snow is falling over the interstate 880 corridor in the afternoon. right now chains are not required on highway 50 or 880 but they are required on other routes. >>> dangerous tornadoes are in the southeastern u.s. thunderstorms and tornadoes are in the forecast from east texas to north florida. a blizzard warning it in effect out in kentucky. >>> parts of indiana and kentucky can get up to four inches of snow. you can get complete weather coverage and you can receive weather alerts by signing up for the app on www.ktvu.com. >>> highway patrol said a wrong way driver slammed into an approaching car on highway 101. it happened at 4:00 a.m. north of san raf
. >>> they are sandbagging in east palo alto, crews put down sandbags and the the water seed through the levee in several neighborhoods. >> they will add sandbags and they have some boils so they will create a circle so they can control and divert it if needed amount one area shows it is expected to bring back water until the system begins next fall to rebuild the levee. >>> and a winter storm warning for the sierra goes into effect. snow is falling over the interstate...
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folks all along the banks up and down are preparing for the worst and stopping by to pick up sandbags to do that. the city's delivered about 50- tons of sand to this lot and the folks are filling them just about as quickly as they can. nearly 2000 bags were filled and hauled out of here so far today. folks like june and her husband and nephew were filling bags. >> i live on a creek. we had a big rain as you know thursday night and the water came up to almost the top of the retaining wall and so we decided sandbags were a good idea for tonight. >> were you afraid the water would come over the wall. >> reporter: city and county officials wrapped up a meeting an hour ago talking about the flood risk in this area. they have projections looking at rainfall and right now they believe it may stay below flood stage in the downtown area. they expect flooding in the napa area and e other low lying areas. the big problem tomorrow at noon, in st. helena, they expect flooding there and are going to come up with ideas at 8:30. ann. >> paul was taking about the rain and also the winds. are you notic
folks all along the banks up and down are preparing for the worst and stopping by to pick up sandbags to do that. the city's delivered about 50- tons of sand to this lot and the folks are filling them just about as quickly as they can. nearly 2000 bags were filled and hauled out of here so far today. folks like june and her husband and nephew were filling bags. >> i live on a creek. we had a big rain as you know thursday night and the water came up to almost the top of the retaining wall...
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crews placed sandbags where the creek topped the lev ear. the flooding forced -- lev e. the flooding force -- levee. the flooding forced people to evacuate. here's more. >> reporter: this has collapsed and the home behind it, cleared out. this weekend's flooding caused so much damage, tents are still not allowed back inside. >> the next couple of days our staff will be working to work with the owner in order to begin some of the repairs necessary to make it okay again. >> reporter: six other families were evacuated but are now back home. the memory of the flood is still very vivid. >> i walk in the house and i walk out and -- it was really fast. it's already five inches high. it's like wow. it's really fast. >> reporter: now cleaning up, neighbors spent christmas day watching mud from inside their moments. >> i had to clean around the back too much. >> reporter: to much water? >> and mud. >> reporter: crews laid down sandbags along the banks to prevent further flooding. >> we found that the flows the other night were the third highest flows since the early '50s that's be
crews placed sandbags where the creek topped the lev ear. the flooding forced -- lev e. the flooding force -- levee. the flooding forced people to evacuate. here's more. >> reporter: this has collapsed and the home behind it, cleared out. this weekend's flooding caused so much damage, tents are still not allowed back inside. >> the next couple of days our staff will be working to work with the owner in order to begin some of the repairs necessary to make it okay again. >>...
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several working crews getting sandbags one after another. hoping that the water will stay out of this neighborhood. this photograph from a neighbor showing water pouring onto the streets. floodwaters that sent neighbors running. >> this entire grassy area was saturated with water. >> paris founders of cleaning up after the creek came flooding to her house in the plast night. she has lived here for several years, she remembers 1998. >> it was disappointed with nothing that it was going to happen again but unfortunately, it has. >> this huge mass from assault floors, and several of her belongings are waterlog. >> the carpeting is going to have to come up and the furniture will have to be replaced. it is saturated. >> the creek overflowed about 7:30 forcing mandatory evacuations of a least seven homes. one of them still uninhabitable. and floodwaters causing power outages in the area. working crews using paltz to make sure the of the pumps to suck all the water out. but it is just it could have been a lot worse. >> we could have come home to a
several working crews getting sandbags one after another. hoping that the water will stay out of this neighborhood. this photograph from a neighbor showing water pouring onto the streets. floodwaters that sent neighbors running. >> this entire grassy area was saturated with water. >> paris founders of cleaning up after the creek came flooding to her house in the plast night. she has lived here for several years, she remembers 1998. >> it was disappointed with nothing that it...
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. >> i used to believe sandbags did not work but they do. they work, flashlights, having everything ready, food, gas, have your cars gassed up. >> reporter: others put their faith in the not yet complete flood project. she has seen the napa flood all her life. >> i was not concerned. i know they have had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and it would be normal. >> reporter: napa city and county officials now say that next storm may not be as much trouble as first thought but they will wait for accurate weather forecasts before they commit to what they will do later on. reporting live in napa, cbs 5. >>> this is the way the russian river looked it this morning. a viewer sent this picture taken sufficient ral hours before the flood warning was lifted. this is the russian river yesterday. because of lag times between the rainfall and run off getting to the river, it is expected to swell just below flood stage overnight. >>> very different problems for drivers this morning. one of the worst messes was 4 in pittsburgh
. >> i used to believe sandbags did not work but they do. they work, flashlights, having everything ready, food, gas, have your cars gassed up. >> reporter: others put their faith in the not yet complete flood project. she has seen the napa flood all her life. >> i was not concerned. i know they have had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and it would be normal. >> reporter: napa city and county officials now say that next storm may not be as...
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napa's self-service sandbag operation is wind down, and the flood watch in effect has been cancelled. live in napa, abc-7 news. >> ama: and crews are on the scene of a road hazard in lafayette where a fast running creek did major damage. the water undercut the drive. the sink hole took about a 20-foot stretch in both lanes. residents are advised this will take at least several weeks to repair. we'll have the latest on the creek problem and a live report at 6:00. >> ama: the floods on do -- flood threat on the russia river is over. a viewer septembers photos of the rising water. send your picture to web ureport@kgo-tv.com. said it only took three hours for the river to rise three feet. we're live with the latest. reporter: people who live along the russian river are breathing easier now. the russian river was expected to flood, and now it's actually five feet below flood stage. it's a comfort for people in this area who have lived through massive flooding. >> angie is cleaning up in front of her home on mill street in gurneyville. the russian river came up to her garage door. >> came u
napa's self-service sandbag operation is wind down, and the flood watch in effect has been cancelled. live in napa, abc-7 news. >> ama: and crews are on the scene of a road hazard in lafayette where a fast running creek did major damage. the water undercut the drive. the sink hole took about a 20-foot stretch in both lanes. residents are advised this will take at least several weeks to repair. we'll have the latest on the creek problem and a live report at 6:00. >> ama: the floods...
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the sandbag operation is winding down. the flood watch in effect earlier has been cancelled many john alston, abc7 news. >>> rocks and mudslides created problems for drive areas long highway 16. heavy rain pounded the canyon saturday night into yesterday morning causing a series of rock slides west of 505. slides forced closure of highway 16 from state route 20 to the county line, caltrans hopes to have highway 16 cleared an later today. >>> i'm glad to hear that whatever rain we'll be getting now won't be like yesterday. >> not even close, thankfully, hopefully won't cause any more damage many the ground is still saturated all the streams are starting to recede some of the rivers have peaked. we'll look at a lot of gauges coming up. right now we saw emeryville to san francisco how clear it was. live doppler over the last three hours, you don't see any radar returns just a lot of high clouds waiting for you this morning. temperatures much cooler than they have been. running around 10 to 20° cooler low to mid 50s there, i
the sandbag operation is winding down. the flood watch in effect earlier has been cancelled many john alston, abc7 news. >>> rocks and mudslides created problems for drive areas long highway 16. heavy rain pounded the canyon saturday night into yesterday morning causing a series of rock slides west of 505. slides forced closure of highway 16 from state route 20 to the county line, caltrans hopes to have highway 16 cleared an later today. >>> i'm glad to hear that whatever rain...
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they have sandbags at the ready in their parking lots. >> just hope for the best. mother nature is going to do what it is going to do. >> we stacked up the tables skpefring. >> they moved everything off of the floor in his printing shop. >> we have flood insurance and all of that sort of stuff but you don't really want to go there if you can avoid it. >> reporter: and it is only december with several more rainy weeks to come. >> hopefully it happens early in the season and not in the later. get in and clean it up. >> it is a big job cleaning it up after this. >> let's emphasize the fact that things are easing up now and we should get a break tomorrow. but there is rain down in the south bay. if the commute takes you over bay area bridges be prepared for high winds. the chp issued a wind advisory for the bridge. officers also warning you to watch out for puddles and flooding on the road. both wind and rain will be easing up tonight. the weather is keeping some travelers from catching their flight to and from san francisco this christmas. 56 flights were canceled at
they have sandbags at the ready in their parking lots. >> just hope for the best. mother nature is going to do what it is going to do. >> we stacked up the tables skpefring. >> they moved everything off of the floor in his printing shop. >> we have flood insurance and all of that sort of stuff but you don't really want to go there if you can avoid it. >> reporter: and it is only december with several more rainy weeks to come. >> hopefully it happens early in...
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we tried sandbags in the past. it is fruitless. >> reporter: willow creek topped its banks this morning. >> we have to come in and shovel out everything and replant the grass. clean our bathrooms, a huge job. >> reporter: a few miles away -- >> it is a little dramatic, i think. [ laughter ] >> reporter: this trucking company's parking lot is part of the creek that ran behind it and the dumpster sitting in several inches of water. >> we moved all of the trucks over here and i am worried about my guys trucks that are over here. it is something fast. that is what i don't understand. >> reporter: since we don't know how much rain will come for the rest of the week the witnesses are preparing for the worst. they have sandbags at the ready in their parking lot. >> just hope for the best. mother nature is going to do what it is going to do. >> we have tables and everything. >> reporter: ace moved everything off of the floor in his apparel printing shop. >> we have flood insurance and all of that stuff but you don't want t
we tried sandbags in the past. it is fruitless. >> reporter: willow creek topped its banks this morning. >> we have to come in and shovel out everything and replant the grass. clean our bathrooms, a huge job. >> reporter: a few miles away -- >> it is a little dramatic, i think. [ laughter ] >> reporter: this trucking company's parking lot is part of the creek that ran behind it and the dumpster sitting in several inches of water. >> we moved all of the trucks...
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that helped to keep residents away from the water and many were using sandbags to keep the rising waters from their homes. many are lost power to their homes. >> i saw back down the end of the street everything was flooded so we parked and i got my rain boots on and i came here and i saw everything was out and right here there was like a river. >> reporter: this is what the southbound lanes of highway 101 looked like north of the embarcadero. chp was helping to navigate and they also opened up an emergency shelter for residents who were affected by this storm. 36 people used it by -- used it but by 11:45 they had left. the water here at the creek has receded and there is just a lot of wet roads out there. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> also in the north bay, a flood warning for the nape a river caused roads to close yesterday. in forestville, higigh rains an winds knocked a tree on to a house. road and utility crews say it could take a few days to fix all the problems caused by the storm. >>> meanwhile the storm has also knocked out power to mormon 2000 -- more than
that helped to keep residents away from the water and many were using sandbags to keep the rising waters from their homes. many are lost power to their homes. >> i saw back down the end of the street everything was flooded so we parked and i got my rain boots on and i came here and i saw everything was out and right here there was like a river. >> reporter: this is what the southbound lanes of highway 101 looked like north of the embarcadero. chp was helping to navigate and they...
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fire crews used sandbags to stop water from entering homes. >> it has history in this area about the flooding quite a few houses. we would like to do is plan for the worst and hope for the best. we actually, it turned pretty well. we saved a couple houses from flooding. >> carolyn: those repairs should be finished sometime this evening. >> dan: an amazing demonstration of skill and courage saved a life. 58-year-old man was trand stranded when the creek rose to the top of his pickup. that was near the park. rescuers could not make headway into the fast moving waters. chp called air support and one helicopter skid on top of the truck to stabilize it. the man was pulled into the chopper and taken to the hospital. >> carolyn: storms contributed to the closure of a but busy stretch of highway 101. rock slides forced a part of the highway south of big sur to shut down. caltrans is diverting traffic from pleasant ridge road. those slides happened yesterday around 5:30 in the afternoon blocking highway 1. no word on when that stretch of road will reopen. >>> all the rain in the bay area mean
fire crews used sandbags to stop water from entering homes. >> it has history in this area about the flooding quite a few houses. we would like to do is plan for the worst and hope for the best. we actually, it turned pretty well. we saved a couple houses from flooding. >> carolyn: those repairs should be finished sometime this evening. >> dan: an amazing demonstration of skill and courage saved a life. 58-year-old man was trand stranded when the creek rose to the top of his...
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there's 3,700 sandbags here. state crews brought in 3,500 of these sandbag, built some so called chimneys to protect the levee from erosion from beneath. the idea here is that this is a temporary fix for a 82-year-old problem here. and just a little while ago the officials for the joint powers authority told me that the rain tonight should not be enough to push the creek to the near record flows of two nights and and across the bay we found people enjoying tonight's rain. >> it is, it is. it's going to hopefully bring a lot of freshness, right to the valley. clean out the dirty and bring the new for the new year, right? >> with holiday lights there was barely a problem on the roads today. marin county gets 3/4 of its drinking walter from rainfall so for many this is worth the bother. >> it's wonderful to have the rain. definitely for the plants for everything. >> reporter: we found people out today doing truly last minute shopping and dodging showers. >> maybe other people like it, yes. >> i have a restaurant clo
there's 3,700 sandbags here. state crews brought in 3,500 of these sandbag, built some so called chimneys to protect the levee from erosion from beneath. the idea here is that this is a temporary fix for a 82-year-old problem here. and just a little while ago the officials for the joint powers authority told me that the rain tonight should not be enough to push the creek to the near record flows of two nights and and across the bay we found people enjoying tonight's rain. >> it is, it is....
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sandbags are on standby. more rain is expected later this week. >>> more storm damage to to the strong winds. the storms knocked down froze. this is in san francisco,. >>> in snow ma county, a large fir tree fell town on a house. winds gust up to 60 miles per hour in snow ma county. a tree splintered into pieces. it knocked power out in the area as well >>> and downed trees and high high waters caused crews to shut down roads between mission boulevard. it's all closed because of this, a rockslide. traffic was being detoured on 680. it is now reopen. also open state road 84. it was closed overnight both directions because a tree welcomed all lanes of traffic, and in the mountains, highway 17 was closed at sugar loaf road for more than two hours. it has also since reopened, and in snow ma county closed because of flooding. much more on that through the morning. >>> another road closure in ma rain county. the panoramic highway was completely blocked by a large tree. it took crews extra time to get up the road an
sandbags are on standby. more rain is expected later this week. >>> more storm damage to to the strong winds. the storms knocked down froze. this is in san francisco,. >>> in snow ma county, a large fir tree fell town on a house. winds gust up to 60 miles per hour in snow ma county. a tree splintered into pieces. it knocked power out in the area as well >>> and downed trees and high high waters caused crews to shut down roads between mission boulevard. it's all closed...
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and so we decided sandbags were a good idea for tonight. >> reporter: are you afraid the water might come over the wall. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: officials wrapped up a late afternoon meeting to discuss rainfall projection and the possibility of flooding. martin is the information officer for the flood control district. >> because of the history of flooding, we have a good idea of where the water will come out first. we know there's certain points so we can plan in advance. at this moment, if the projections of the rainfall totals are accurate, we're probably looking at street flooding, intersections being flooded, nothing terribly serious. i say that with a caveat. >> reporter: meaning don't let up yet. and folks who know they live in trouble spots are busy tonight trying to make sure they stay dry. and tomorrow morning at 8:00 the city officials will meet again to reassess the risk. >> thank you very much. another river being watched to the south is the san lorenzo runs through several mountain communities. it's also running high and fast and more rain will not help
and so we decided sandbags were a good idea for tonight. >> reporter: are you afraid the water might come over the wall. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: officials wrapped up a late afternoon meeting to discuss rainfall projection and the possibility of flooding. martin is the information officer for the flood control district. >> because of the history of flooding, we have a good idea of where the water will come out first. we know there's certain points so we...
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that's a fellow who is expecting to sandbag. that's what it looked like on the highways today. bands of showers are still popping up from san jose to san rafael. the next system is tapping a subtropical source, so it won't be as cold, but it will likely be wetter than the system we had today. it will certainly be windier, with gusts approaching 60 miles an hour. details in weather in a few minutes. >>> some north bay communities are watching the streams and lives closely. cbs 5 reporter elisa is at the creek. wait till you see how high floodwaters can reach there. >> reporter: this town has a history of flooding. this plaque shows how high the water got back in 2005 when the creek overflowed, flooding downtown. here's video back when that happened. the creek runs through the downtown. it overflowed, causing hundreds of thousands worth of damage. tonight was a much different story. this is what it looked like a bit earlier, a much different scene, although merchants had out their sandbags, some not even put away from that last storm we had earlier this month. at bubba's diner, w
that's a fellow who is expecting to sandbag. that's what it looked like on the highways today. bands of showers are still popping up from san jose to san rafael. the next system is tapping a subtropical source, so it won't be as cold, but it will likely be wetter than the system we had today. it will certainly be windier, with gusts approaching 60 miles an hour. details in weather in a few minutes. >>> some north bay communities are watching the streams and lives closely. cbs 5...
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. >> sandbags were stacked to prevent flooding at least one home. but there was no other damage reported water service was restored last night and the road has been reopened. >> officials have been scrambling to repair a levee in east palo alto that was breached during iran's over the weekend. >> grooves placed sandbags where the san for squeak thoufrancisquito creek top levy. >> son is looking for people in seven homes to evacuate. >> kron fours alecia reid is in the east palo alto with the latest period >> we were working with the owner in order to begin repairs necessary to make it ok again. >> six other families were evacuated but are now home. >> the memory of the flood is still very vivid. >> i walked in the house and was picked off. i walked out. it was already 5 in. high. i was like what this really fast. >> now cleaning up neighbors saispent christmas day washing mud from in front of their homes. >> so much water and mud. >> the community development director was on site. crews laid down sandbags along the banks to prevent further flooding.
. >> sandbags were stacked to prevent flooding at least one home. but there was no other damage reported water service was restored last night and the road has been reopened. >> officials have been scrambling to repair a levee in east palo alto that was breached during iran's over the weekend. >> grooves placed sandbags where the san for squeak thoufrancisquito creek top levy. >> son is looking for people in seven homes to evacuate. >> kron fours alecia reid is in...
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. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. they work, flashlights and just have everything ready, food and have your cars gassed up. >> others put their faith in the not yet complete flood control project that helps when runoff is high. jeannine has seen the napa flood all her life. >> no, i wasn't concerned. i know they've had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and i knew it would be a normal storm. >> reporter: city and county officials are saying they don't think the next storm will be as dangerous as they thought but they will wait until they see more weather predictions before they decide what to do. live in napa, cbs 5. >>> and along the flood river, the flood warning fourgonville is canceled. this is a look at the russian river. because of lag times between rainfall and runoff getting to the river it is still expected to swell just below flood stage. and with any major storm there were problems on the roads this morning. in one case the water caused a pothole to open up on highway 4 in pittsbu
. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. they work, flashlights and just have everything ready, food and have your cars gassed up. >> others put their faith in the not yet complete flood control project that helps when runoff is high. jeannine has seen the napa flood all her life. >> no, i wasn't concerned. i know they've had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and i knew it would be a normal storm. >> reporter: city and county...
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we have tried sandbagging in the past, but it is fruitless. >> reporter: they topped their banks this morning. >> and we have to come in and shovel out all the snow. and they cleaner -- they have cleaner bathrooms. >> it's a little dramatic, i think. >> reporter: this trucking company's parking lot is now a part of the creek that ran behind it, the dumpster sitting in several inches of water. >> we moved all the trucks on that side as i'm worried about my guy's trucks that are over here. so it's coming fast. that's what i don't understand. >> reporter: since we don't know how much rain will come for the rest of the week, businesses here are preparing for the worst as they have the sandbags at the parking lot. >> and we're hoping for the best. mother nature is going to do what they need to do. >> and stacked on tables and everything. >> reporter: now, they moved everything off the floor in his apparel printing shop. >> first we have flooding insurance and all that stuff. and we don't want to go there if you can avoid it. >> reporter: and it is only december. >> hopefully it happened ea
we have tried sandbagging in the past, but it is fruitless. >> reporter: they topped their banks this morning. >> and we have to come in and shovel out all the snow. and they cleaner -- they have cleaner bathrooms. >> it's a little dramatic, i think. >> reporter: this trucking company's parking lot is now a part of the creek that ran behind it, the dumpster sitting in several inches of water. >> we moved all the trucks on that side as i'm worried about my guy's...
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we tried sandbagging in the past but it is fruitless. >>> and the heaviest showers head south, this is more on the way for christmas day. cbs 5 eyewitness news coming up next ,,,,,,,, the bay area wakes up to anr
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. >> state sandbag crews arrived about 6:30 tonight in east palo alto. they planned to work on the san francisco creek levy during the night. the creek much calmer now than we show youd last night. engineers worked fast to get this fix going on christmas eve. not fast enough for residents who have lived through repeated flooding here. >> i'm a little worried because it's supposed to, i think, rain again tomorrow. >> homeowners spent today clearing sxhud debris from last night's if you had. >> it frees here to there, it was like a big lake, a lot of trees going down, a lot of garbage. >> along several blocks, the creek topped the levy. seven homes damaged, several hun people evacfwratd this low-lying neighborhood. >> the levy tops were equal about the gutter line or the rooftops from the homes so having a levy failure here would be catastrophic. >> as you see here that failure began late last night. our cameras caught water you believing through the earth. today local and state officials took an emergency survey. they said last night's creek flow was the
. >> state sandbag crews arrived about 6:30 tonight in east palo alto. they planned to work on the san francisco creek levy during the night. the creek much calmer now than we show youd last night. engineers worked fast to get this fix going on christmas eve. not fast enough for residents who have lived through repeated flooding here. >> i'm a little worried because it's supposed to, i think, rain again tomorrow. >> homeowners spent today clearing sxhud debris from last...
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they also have materials here at goodman's hardware where you can sandbag if you would like to, as well. we do have a lot of rivers around here and bays that, when it is high tide, you see the water come up. but here, nothing right now. live in mill valley, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> we have traffic, rain, it's usually not a good mix but it's early. let's check in with gianna. >> we start off with a couple of accidents, one just reported, westbound 580 at lakeshore blocking two middle lanes. they are just headed out to the scene. also we have this accident westbound 80 at cutting boulevard. it is over to the right shoulder involving a vehicle that spun out there. no word yet if it's facing the wrong direction. so we'll keep you updated on that. we'll give a lot of spinouts this morning because of slick surfaces especially on the on- and off-ramps this morning especially coming off the freeway so give yourself some extra time or take it easy as you exit the roads. now, elsewhere we have some road construction just a couple of projects on the bay bridge upper deck near the inc
they also have materials here at goodman's hardware where you can sandbag if you would like to, as well. we do have a lot of rivers around here and bays that, when it is high tide, you see the water come up. but here, nothing right now. live in mill valley, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> we have traffic, rain, it's usually not a good mix but it's early. let's check in with gianna. >> we start off with a couple of accidents, one just reported, westbound 580 at...
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sandbags are in place to keep the flooding. there were evacuations over the weekend but the creek is lower now and most people are returned home. >>> volunteers at glide memorial in san francisco are heading back into the kitchen this morning. they are preparing more meals for their day after christmas breakfast. yesterday volunteers served a christmas meal for more than 5,000 people that included turkey, gravy and all the trimmings. stay with us, traffic coming right up. >>> good morning. we have had super light traffic conditions all morning at the bay bridge never had to turn on the metering lights. you can see why. no delay in the cash or the fastrak lanes at all heading into san francisco. to the nimitz now, in the east bay 880 in oakland, flowing nicely past the oakland coliseum but the southbound 880 to davis street off-ramp is shut down from flooding in the area. mass transit, caltrain experiencing major delays this morning anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. signal issues is the problem. otherwise other mass transit i
sandbags are in place to keep the flooding. there were evacuations over the weekend but the creek is lower now and most people are returned home. >>> volunteers at glide memorial in san francisco are heading back into the kitchen this morning. they are preparing more meals for their day after christmas breakfast. yesterday volunteers served a christmas meal for more than 5,000 people that included turkey, gravy and all the trimmings. stay with us, traffic coming right up. >>>...
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businesses are fearing the worst because sandbags were piled high just in case. looking ahead with the nets from the storms the ground would get more saturated and this could be additional trees coming down. >> in the east bay, the chp says that the rain was to blame for at least two accidents friday afternoon. that happened on highway 4 in oakley. in one accident, and chou was ejected from a vehicle. he was transported to children's hospital in oakland with a head injury. if this condition is not known this morning. slick highway conditions continued to their around the bay. with when advisers on some bay area bridge periods >> in san francisco, the wet weather cost major challenges for some residents. one woman woke up to find her mercedes, crushed by a tree that toppled over it during the storm. i am definitely preparing for having to purchase a new car. i do not want a new car so this is kind of shocking. >> several other trees fell down around the city but there were no other major lenders. >> the weather is keeping the great highway in san francisco closed
businesses are fearing the worst because sandbags were piled high just in case. looking ahead with the nets from the storms the ground would get more saturated and this could be additional trees coming down. >> in the east bay, the chp says that the rain was to blame for at least two accidents friday afternoon. that happened on highway 4 in oakley. in one accident, and chou was ejected from a vehicle. he was transported to children's hospital in oakland with a head injury. if this...
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this time, there were a sandbags but it was not enough to keep the flood waters out. maureen kelly. >> the guadeloupe river residents are very happy to add the city's efforts paid off. in 20 04, the san jose water district worked on the river with a $10 million project. it removed 4800 cubic yards of sediment and relieved over 7000 homes out of the flood zone. >> and the santa cruz mountains, 15 in. after one week of back to back storms it took a toll on mountain roads. you can see discussed relic, this will be closed indefinitely. mountain valley road. you can see, that this will be closed. >> that is the quickest way to get to scotts valley and also highway 17. >> at least eight roads were closed at one point. pg&e will have a lingering power outages with m mudslides. in the santa cruz mountains, kron 4. >> on walnut creek this storm brought down this huge increase that crashed through this fence onto a neighbor's driveway. >> thank god nobody was hurt the dog was not in the backyard. nobody was in his driveway and nobody got hurt. it was one of those things of natu
this time, there were a sandbags but it was not enough to keep the flood waters out. maureen kelly. >> the guadeloupe river residents are very happy to add the city's efforts paid off. in 20 04, the san jose water district worked on the river with a $10 million project. it removed 4800 cubic yards of sediment and relieved over 7000 homes out of the flood zone. >> and the santa cruz mountains, 15 in. after one week of back to back storms it took a toll on mountain roads. you can see...
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the downtown area is that way but they have put up sandbags any time you get any amount of rain the sandbags go up. >> the remember the damage from all five so they do not want to take chances. >> we are tracking more on the storm from the kron 4 news room grooves and lafayette they're concerned this morning is that today's rain could make the massive sinkhole larger. work crews concentrated yesterday on restoring creek flow to the cinco. the collapse storm drain combined with all the rain that created the sinkhole on sunday. workers they before they can repair the drained and filled lysenko the damaged pipe needs to be dug out and removed. crews have not been able to find the exact cause for the road collapse. they say it would be a while they are monitoring it. pg&e is reporting this morning that nearly 1000 customers are without power in san raphael into separate weather- related outages. the outages were started just before 4:00. crews are working to restore power but there is no estimated time to restore. >> we are tracking this storm that is moving to the bay area other developing news
the downtown area is that way but they have put up sandbags any time you get any amount of rain the sandbags go up. >> the remember the damage from all five so they do not want to take chances. >> we are tracking more on the storm from the kron 4 news room grooves and lafayette they're concerned this morning is that today's rain could make the massive sinkhole larger. work crews concentrated yesterday on restoring creek flow to the cinco. the collapse storm drain combined with all...
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you can see people have their sandbags out and ready. this is video taken last night of the creek near bayshore road. the water level rose to 15.5 neat and nearly crested at this bridge. it did crest at university avenue in woodland. the where the spilled over -- the water spilled over to the four seasons hotel. residents were monitor egg the water. we found one homeowner filling up sandbags because he wanted to be prepared. >> well, i didn't have enough sand backs to cover things. i've been procrastinating and i'm trying to catch up with getting more prepared because i think it's gonna continue for a while. >> reporter: this is what the southbound lanes of highway 101 look like just north of embarcadero. art from the creek was flooding the roadway. the chp had to come and help by doing traffic breaks. we'll seen several public work crews driving around surveying the bridges and creek area. back out here live, i do want to mention, there were 36 people who evacuated volunteer land's they used -- you have -- who evacuated voluntarily. the
you can see people have their sandbags out and ready. this is video taken last night of the creek near bayshore road. the water level rose to 15.5 neat and nearly crested at this bridge. it did crest at university avenue in woodland. the where the spilled over -- the water spilled over to the four seasons hotel. residents were monitor egg the water. we found one homeowner filling up sandbags because he wanted to be prepared. >> well, i didn't have enough sand backs to cover things. i've...
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. >> reporter: the flood warning runs through the night and so does the sandbag operation. city workers say residents have filled 40,000 tons of sand. near the napa river many spent is their saturday blocking openings in case the river overflows its bank. as for downtown, city leaders tell us napas a years long project is two-thirds complete and believe those measures will protect the area. >> we're looking at our modeling and our flood project improvements and we're anticipating that what we have done to protect the community from flooding will keep the river in its banks within the city based on the projections of rainfall amounts. >> reporter: city leaders and member of the flood district will meet torte. if it rains more than expected they will open a emergency center to send out help wherever needed live in napa, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the russian river is also creating avenuity for sonoma county residents where the river expected to get dangerously close to flood stage in the next few hours. ktvu's jade hernandez was in flood-prone guerneville and jo
. >> reporter: the flood warning runs through the night and so does the sandbag operation. city workers say residents have filled 40,000 tons of sand. near the napa river many spent is their saturday blocking openings in case the river overflows its bank. as for downtown, city leaders tell us napas a years long project is two-thirds complete and believe those measures will protect the area. >> we're looking at our modeling and our flood project improvements and we're anticipating...
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>> basically, downtown from december to february they have sandbags out. they are in place almost all the time out here. once winterset's end they expect things that happen so they just have them out. >> we are watching what is happening in lafayette where there are concerned about the rain. crews a lafayette are concerned about the mass of sinkhole. work crews concentrated yesterday on wrist on the creek flows through the sinkhole. a collapsed storm drain combine with all the rain created a hole on sunday. crews have not been able to find the exact cause for the road collapsing. >> we have an update about a power outage in san rafael. or originally the outage was 1446 customers the outage is now down to 27 customers. pg&e is expecting power to be restored at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. the outage was caused by a broke poll that damaged by the weather conditions this morning. according to pg&e there are no other major power outages in the bay area this morning. >> stay with kron4 as we continue to track this new storm front updates are also available on kron
>> basically, downtown from december to february they have sandbags out. they are in place almost all the time out here. once winterset's end they expect things that happen so they just have them out. >> we are watching what is happening in lafayette where there are concerned about the rain. crews a lafayette are concerned about the mass of sinkhole. work crews concentrated yesterday on wrist on the creek flows through the sinkhole. a collapsed storm drain combine with all the rain...
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cross our fingers and hold our breath for the next hope the sandbags and anotherill hold season. home suffered four in the span of months this year. to have a new system by 2014. i am glad to see my tax finally doing something. the idea is to convert a filtration site into tanks with a runoff, and a six-block tunnel to storm -- store even more storm water and sewage. to say the effort is relatively impressive. >> if the new plan will cost about $40 million more than the original plan but will be done sooner. the zero original plan called years and this could be done by 2014. live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. gett will be tough to if you plan on taking metro this weekend. several stations will close. will single track as work begins on aggressive maintenance. carter is breaking it down. add extra time to your commute if you will be riding this weekend. all of the work will be done the metro system will affect all of the lines. going to be using it going to want to watch out for delays. we are here at the metro station wheaton along the red line, e of five stations that will repairs
cross our fingers and hold our breath for the next hope the sandbags and anotherill hold season. home suffered four in the span of months this year. to have a new system by 2014. i am glad to see my tax finally doing something. the idea is to convert a filtration site into tanks with a runoff, and a six-block tunnel to storm -- store even more storm water and sewage. to say the effort is relatively impressive. >> if the new plan will cost about $40 million more than the original plan but...
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umbrellas are out and sandbags are too. we'll check the conditions next. >> rain causing problems on the roads. i'll have your hot spots in a few minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 5. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. >>> the rain is back. a lot of green on hi-def doppler this morning. >> yeah, let's get a quick check of weather with lawrence karnow. >> even some yellow and orange too as we're about to get waxed by a pretty good cell about to move onshore. check out your high-def doppler radar. look at all the yellows and orange off the coastline some along the peninsula. moderate to heavy amounts of rainfall but this likely it for the rain for a while. we'll talk about that and the rest of the forecast coming up. >>> 6:00 now. and to a developing
umbrellas are out and sandbags are too. we'll check the conditions next. >> rain causing problems on the roads. i'll have your hot spots in a few minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 5. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:00. >>> the rain is back. a lot of green on hi-def doppler this morning. >> yeah, let's get a quick check of weather with lawrence karnow. >> even some yellow and orange too as we're about...
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. >>> the california storm, conservation is sandbagging in east palo alto. janine de la vega is down there again this morning to show us the repairs being made before the rain comes in again today, good morning janine de la vega. >> reporter: you can see the ground is actually still wet even though it did rain overnight but authorities are trying to protect the homes that are up against the creek. this is video from the concert vague crew -- conservation crews trying to protect the homes. the levee over flooded and caused a mandatory evacuation of several homes. you can see it is up on daphne way where there was bad water damage. this family was taking it all in stride. >> as long as we have something to eat, we cool, you hear me? >> city council say the emergency office came out to figure out how to temporarily fix the levee. the emergency work should hold up and permanent solution will not happen until next year. reporting live from east palo alto ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and we have the other concern, the soil is saturated from all of the rain we
. >>> the california storm, conservation is sandbagging in east palo alto. janine de la vega is down there again this morning to show us the repairs being made before the rain comes in again today, good morning janine de la vega. >> reporter: you can see the ground is actually still wet even though it did rain overnight but authorities are trying to protect the homes that are up against the creek. this is video from the concert vague crew -- conservation crews trying to protect...